ONLY 1 NAMED SUPREME COURT CANDIDATE FIT TO SERVE!
The Iowa Judicial Nomination Commission named only 1 supreme court candidate, Steven Lawyer, who is fit to serve. As shown in the table, the Commission could have selected at least 4 fit to serve. Their horrible performance gives strong credence to those claiming the selection process is fatally flawed.
The Iowa Judicial Nomination Commission named Steven Lawyer as the only candidate fit to serve, of the 8 other pathetic Supreme Court candidates named. Source: Iowalive 1-28-11 RANKING IOWA SUPREME COURT JUDGE APPLICANTS. Those in color are the 9 finalists. *Integrity Index Level of Overall Fitness for Iowa Supreme Court Justice, On Scale of 0 to 1,000 Tops, Where Significant Integrity Starts at 300 2 Lawyer, Steven Verne 715 17 Zager, Bruce B. 11 20 Blink, Robert James 7 27 Mansfield, Edward M. 4 29 Gray, John C. 3 39 Gamble, Arthur E. 2 47 Mullins, Michael R. 1 48 Onwuachi-Willig, Angela 1 59 Waterman, Thomas Dana 1 1 Nierman, L. Craig 805 3 Cleve, Mark Dana 660 4 Serangeli, William B. 515 5 Callahan, Nathan Alden 260 6 Williams, ConGarry D. 210 7 Barron, Joseph Matthew 110 8 Hanson, David J. 110 9 Kempkes, Bruce 106 10 Bernau, John William 105 11 Davison, Jr., George F. 103 12 Dornburg, Diane 52 13 Marso, Stephen Douglas 21 14 Ament, Craig Charles 20 15 McGuire Jr., Don Richard 19 16 McKenrick, Gary D. 11 18 Blane, Richard G. 10 19 Bumbary-Langston, Inga 8 21 Bruhn, James David 7 22 Kendell, Gary William 5 23 Scieszinski, Annette Jennings 5 24 Duff, Thomas James 4 25 Finn, Timothy J. 4 26 Grady, Patrick R. 4 28 May, Lorraine 4 30 Greer, Joel T.S. 3 31 Howie, Andrew B. 3 32 Kudej, Lawrence Donald 3 33 Leitner, David L. 3 34 Richards, Allan Max 3 35 Tenuta, Frank Cal 3 36 Anderson, Samuel Cief 2 37 Daane, James N. 2 38 Dummermuth, Matt M. 2 40 Hart, Peter Christopher 2 41 LaVan, Justin E. 2 42 Mormann, Marlon 2 43 Nerenstone, Marti D. 2 44 Noel, Matthew Louis 2 45 Foxhoven, Jerry Ray 1 46 Keller, Michael Ray 1 49 Overton, Suellen 1 50 Parrish-Sams, Rebecca Saffin 1 51 Post, Iris J. 1 52 Reynoldson, Elisabeth S. 1 53 Scott, James D. 1 54 Staskal, Douglas Frank 1 55 Talbot, William Tully 1 56 Vander Mey, Richard R. 1 57 Vaudt, Jeanie Kunkle 1 58 Vogel, Gayle Nelson 1 60 Whitaker, Matthew George 1 *Integrity Index Level of Overall Fitness to Perform as Iowa Supreme Court Justice Includes Everything Involved with Being a Supreme Court Justice. Anyone claiming to have better numbers is asked to provide them for evaluation and comparison.